REFERENCE: The Euromaidan Revolution (Part I)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity

The Revolution of Dignity (Ukrainian: Революція гідності, romanized: Revoliutsiia hidnosti), also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution, took place in Ukraine in February 2014 at the end of the Euromaidan protests, when deadly clashes between protesters and state forces in the capital Kyiv culminated in the ousting of elected President Viktor Yanukovych, the return to the 2004 Constitution of Ukraine, and the outbreak of the 2014 Russo-Ukrainian War.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych

Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a former Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014 ... Yanukovych was removed from the presidency during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, which followed months of protests against him. Since then, he has lived in exile in Russia

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidan_Nezalezhnosti

Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності, IPA: [mɐjˈdɑn nezɐˈlɛʒnos⁽ʲ⁾t⁽ʲ⁾i]) or Independence Square is the central town square of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the city's main squares, it is located on Khreshchatyk Street in the Shevchenko Raion. The square contains the iconic Independence Monument.

 

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Maidan Square

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maidan_Nezalezhnosti2.jpg
Maidan Nezalezhnosti square in Kyiv. The Independence monument in on the left.
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